Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Life happens

Life is what happens while we are busy making plans. It
is a pitcher with a penchant for throwing curves. Those who cannot adapt will
not survive.

So, how does one keep up? You must expect the unexpected.
Keep your eyes open, always aware of the dangers inherent in every day.

Your decisions will have a significant impact on how
things turn out. Regardless of the chaos all around, one needs only a sense of direction
to forge ahead. And it is better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness.

It is easy to stumble: there is so much stuff in the way.
Start with cleaning your own house. We all have spiritual clutter, which needs
to be discarded from time to time.

If you are tripping all over it, then a little spring
cleaning is in order. If you are slipping on it, melt the ice and mop up the mess.
The chaos without should never find its way in.

Nothing goes according to plan, but that is not an excuse
for laziness. If you fail to plan, plan to fail. Rather, once all things are
considered, realize the reality will be less of a straight line and more of a
struggle to get to the other side.

About Me

Having grown up on the North Carolina coast, I now reside in Durham and work at a software company in Raleigh. My real passion is writing and my work can be seen in the June 2012 issue of Down in the Dirt Magazine; the winter 2013 issue of Cemetery Moon Magazine; and the Grave Robbers Anthology edited by James Ward Kirk. The following works are available: Lady Killer, The Face in the Mirror, Vengeance and Valor, The Hound, Hallowed: The Collection, The Visions of Sandy Brown, The Bard and the Witch, The Monster and Otherplace.